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British artist Banksy claims hula-hooping girl street art
Banksy has posted an image of the artwork on Instagram. Pic: @banksy The elusive British street artist Banksy confirmed on Saturday that a new artwork that appeared on a wall in Nottingham, central England, depicting a young girl using a bicycle tyre as a hula-hoop is his work. The work appeared on Tuesday on the red brick wall of a beauty salon, next to a bicycle that was locked to a metal signpost and missing its back wheel.A picture of the...
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Their voice is vital' - Thai celebs break silence on democracy protests
Miss Universe Amanda Obdam. A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand's pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support to millions of followers on social media. Political statements are unusual from Thai celebs, whose lucrative endorsements rely on the billionaire clans that are a pillar of the country's establishment. But some prominent figures broke cover after...
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Zain crowned 'Best Brand' at 2020 Telecom World Middle East Awards
DUBAI/KUWAIT: Zain, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, has been awarded the 'Best Brand' accolade for 2020 at the prestigious Telecoms World Middle East Awards for a record seventh consecutive year. This accolade was bestowed on Zain by a panel of expert judges assembled by Terrapinn, the organizers of the annual Telecoms World Middle East Conference and Awards held virtually last week in...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 28, 2020, people shop in Santa Monica, California. - Spending on clothing, cars and sporting goods pushed US retail sales above expectations in September, government data said on October 16, 2020, indicating consumers were still buying even without more government aid. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)
US retail sales blow expectations in Sep as dark clouds gathering
SANTA MONICA: In this file photo, people shop in Santa Monica, California. Spending on clothing, cars and sporting goods pushed US retail sales above expectations in September, government data said.-AFP WASHINGTON: US retail sales accelerated in September, rounding out a strong quarter of economic activity, but the recovery from the COVID-19 recession is at a crossroads as government money runs out and companies continue to lay off workers. New...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 01, 2020 United Airlines aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. - United Airlines' revenues plunged nearly 80 percent in the third quarter compared to last year's levels, but it signaled preparations for a potential rebound in air travel in its earnings report October 14, 2020. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
Airlines face tough winter as hoped-for pick-up fails
In this file photo, United Airlines aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. - AFP PARIS: Airlines face a long, hard winter after a much hoped for rebound from the coronavirus crisis failed to materialize, prompting savage cost cutting programs and fresh calls for government support. "We are in a race against time. The key thing is to have the cash… we need to move quickly, very quickly,"...
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Kuwait reports 4 deaths, 739 COVID-19 cases
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday reported four deaths and 739 new cases due to COVID-19. The figures took the country's death toll up to 694 and the caseload to 115,483, health ministry data showed. According to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, the number of people hospitalized with the virus stands at 7,681; 139 of whom in intensive care units.Dr Sanad added that 5,701 swab tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, with a total of 823,206 so...
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Kuwait to continue path set by late Amir
Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Kuwait will continue to follow in line with the policies set by the late Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to strengthen global partnerships, support mediation efforts and spread peace and tolerance around the world, the foreign minister said on Friday.Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah sent letters of appreciation and gratitude to several senior United...
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UN, FAO mark World Food Day: time to recognize food heroes
Dr Tarek El-Sheikh KUWAIT: Every year on 16 October, the world celebrates World Food Day, and this year it marks the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This year, on October 24, the United Nations also celebrates its 75th Anniversary. Therefore, the World Food Day is an occasion to recognize the contributions of the United Nations in general. The FAO75 and UN75 anniversaries come during a very exceptional time as...
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Official says Kuwait will remain 'country of humanity'
KUWAIT: Kuwait will remain a state of humanity embodied in the achievements of His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, lawyer Kawthar Al-Jouan, President of the Women's Institute for Development and Peace (WIDP), said on Friday. This came in a speech Jouan delivered at the e-forum of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and Environment (AUSDE) entitled 'sustainable food to face hunger in the world' that was...
Palestinians wearing a protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic attend a rally to protest the reduction of the food basket provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza City, on October 14, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
Jordan lauds Kuwait's support to UNRWA during pledging conference
GAZA CITY: Palestinians wearing a protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic attend a rally to protest the reduction of the food basket provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza City, on October 14, 2020. - AFP AMMAN/RAMALLAH: Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Al-Safadi commended Kuwait's backing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...
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Firemen battle Jahra tire dump blaze
KUWAIT: Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze at a scrap tire graveyard in the northwestern Jahra Governorate, Kuwait Fire Force said. The fire had erupted Thursday afternoon and quickly extended to a large area of the tire scrapyard which extends over an area of one million square meters.But firefighting squads of four fire stations rushed to the site and managed to isolate the fire in an area of 25,000 squares meters, before totally...
TOPSHOT - Adults and children stand in front of flowers displayed at the entrance of a middle school in Conflans Saint-Honorine, 30kms northwest of Paris, on October 17, 2020, after a teacher was decapitated by an attacker who has been shot dead by policemen. - The man suspected of beheading on October 16 ,2020 a French teacher who had shown his students cartoons of the prophet Mohammed was an 18-year-old born in Moscow and originating from Russia's southern region of Chechnya, a judicial source said on October 17. Five more people have been detained over the murder on October 16 ,2020 outside Paris, including the parents of a child at the school where the teacher was working, bringing to nine the total number currently under arrest, said the source, who asked not to be named. The attack happened at around 5 pm (1500 GMT) near a school in Conflans Saint-Honorine, a western suburb of the French capital. The man who was decapitated was a history teacher who had recently shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
Nine arrested after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb
CONFLANS SAINT-HONORINE, France: Adults and children stand in front of flowers displayed at the entrance of a middle school yesterday after a teacher was decapitated. - AFP CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE, France: French police have arrested nine people over the beheading of a teacher near his school in a Paris suburb, a judicial source said yesterday, in what President Emmanuel Macron labeled an Islamist terror attack. The source said the killing was...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story